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The Auto Channel

The Auto Lab is an automotive broadcast series about the automotive industry, its history, and its culture, presenting the ideas of leading college faculty, authors, and automotive practitioners in a relaxed, conversational format.

New programs air Saturday mornings.

7 to 9 am on WNYM Radio AM 970


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Professor Harold Wolchok — Host of The AutoLab


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Show Archives

Listen to our archive of past shows going back to 1999.

Show Archives

Latest Available Show —
Oct 13, 2018

Use Windows Media Player (on Windows) or VLC media player (available on all platforms) to listen to our archived shows.

  • Robert Erskine, Senior European Correspondent, Suffolk, England - VOLKSWAGEN ID THE NEW ALL ELECTRIC PEOPLES CAR?
  • Russ Rader,,Senior Vice President, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety - REDSIGNED TOYOTA COROLLA HATCHBACK IS A TOP SAFETY PICK
  • Michael Porcelli - MORTON KRISTIANSEN, DIRECTOR PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT, ALLITE,INC. - SUPER-MAGNESIUM - THE NEWEST AUTOMOTIVE METAL

This Week’s Guest Automotive Experts

PHOTOHarold Bendell - Major World

PHOTORobert Erskine - Senior European Correspondent from Suffolk, England

PHOTOJoe Guarino - Joe Guarino Automotive Repairs and Access Automotive Communications

PHOTOHoward Lepzelter - Access Automotive Communications

PHOTOJerry Pastore - D&J Diagnostic and The Consortium for Automotive Education

PHOTOJohanna Pastore - D&J Diagnostic Center

PHOTOMichael Porcelli - Central Avenue Info and I-Car

PHOTONick Prague - Metropolitan Transportation Authority Training Superintendent and Rockland Community College, SUNY

PHOTOJordan Weine - Chairman, Gasoline and Automotive Service Station Dealers Association, and Bay Diagnostic Repair Facility